Bands That Ruled! ...& Then Sucked!!!

Forte · Post by **Forte** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:47 am

The Sentinel wrote:The best example must be ANVIL. The first 3 albums are pure gold especially Metal on Metal and Forged in Fire. After that it's over

Hard 'n' Heavy is quite mediocre in my opinion Strength of Steel is quite shitty but I thought Pound for Pound was pretty awesome.

mordred · Post by **mordred** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:00 am

I find a lot of statements I don't agree with here. Too much to mention, but I gotta defend Destruction's "Cracked Brain". It rules, period.

And ANVIL... Strength of Steel is killer, and mind you, they still release quite decent metal albums to this day.

Fucking Åmål · Post by **Fucking Åmål** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:00 am

DaN wrote:My motto has since long been: Albums are immortal - bands are not.

"Artists" are for the most part a shady bunch that simply can't be trusted

Right that.It is true!!!

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:32 am

mordred wrote: And ANVIL... Strength of Steel is killer, and mind you, they still release quite decent metal albums to this day.

I agree with you, though they're not masterpieces, ANVIL recent releases are enjoyable.

Check their live album"Past & Present" live, it's imo one of the best live album ever released !! What a drum solo

!!!
Robb Reiner is god !!

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:38 am

These albums are indeed not bad but compared to "Metal on Metal" they're nothing IMO

OmenOfSteel · Post by **OmenOfSteel** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:57 pm

The Sentinel wrote:These albums are indeed not bad but compared to "Metal on Metal" they're nothing IMO

FORGED IN FIRE is their Masterpiece!!!

mordred · Post by **mordred** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:10 pm

To make a contribution I must mention TROUBLE. Their first two LP's are monumental, timeless, colossal and titanic doom metal of the very highest order. Placed beside those, the 3rd "Run to the Light" is kind of shallow, weak and lifeless. And after that, they resorted to playing happy-go-lucky hard rock for all the elderly men down at the local pub. Very fucking gay.

Levi · Post by **Levi** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:14 pm

mordred wrote:To make a contribution I must mention TROUBLE. Their first two LP's are monumental, timeless, colossal and titanic doom metal of the very highest order. Placed beside those, the 3rd "Run to the Light" is kind of shallow, weak and lifeless. And after that, they resorted to playing happy-go-lucky hard rock for all the elderly men down at the local pub. Very fucking gay.

I agree with you on Run to the Light, but I strongly disagree when it comes to to follow-up, the selftitled album from '90. Different, but really heavy & good stuff if you ask me.

Patrik_D · Post by **Patrik_D** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:11 pm

The Sentinel wrote:The best example must be ANVIL. The first 3 albums are pure gold especially Metal on Metal and Forged in Fire. After that it's over

I totally disagree. The only weak album Anvil have put out is Worth The Weight.

Nightlock · Post by **Nightlock** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:26 pm

WORTH THE WEIGHT WAS ONE OF THEIR THREE BEST ALBUMS! I love that album pure Speed Metal. Infanticide is one of their all time best songs. Speaking of their newer stuff Plenty of Power is probably my favourite. It's all good but lacks something.

Patrik_D · Post by **Patrik_D** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:43 pm

Nightlock wrote:WORTH THE WEIGHT WAS ONE OF THEIR THREE BEST ALBUMS! I love that album pure Speed Metal. Infanticide is one of their all time best songs. Speaking of their newer stuff Plenty of Power is probably my favourite. It's all good but lacks something.

If I have to rank all Anvil albums(which is a very hard thing for me to do)it would be something like this;

Forged In Fire
Metal On Metal
Strength Of Steel
Pound For Pound
Hard 'N' Heavy
Absolutely No Alternative
Still Going Strong
Plenty Of Power
Back To Basics
Speed Of Sound
Plugged In Permanent
Worth The Weight

In no fucking way this list is 100& definitive but it's what I feel right now. Anvil is my favourite band and when I called Worth The Weight their only weak album I probably should have said their weakest, Anvil is always Anvil you know. Totally uncompromising Pure Metal...

The Anvil truly has proved that it was FORGED IN FIRE!!!!!

Nightlock · Post by **Nightlock** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:51 am

Fimbul wrote:
Nightlock wrote:WORTH THE WEIGHT WAS ONE OF THEIR THREE BEST ALBUMS! I love that album pure Speed Metal. Infanticide is one of their all time best songs. Speaking of their newer stuff Plenty of Power is probably my favourite. It's all good but lacks something.
If I have to rank all Anvil albums(which is a very hard thing for me to do)it would be something like this;

Forged In Fire
Metal On Metal
Strength Of Steel
Pound For Pound
Hard 'N' Heavy
Absolutely No Alternative
Still Going Strong
Plenty Of Power
Back To Basics
Speed Of Sound
Plugged In Permanent
Worth The Weight

In no fucking way this list is 100& definitive but it's what I feel right now. Anvil is my favourite band and when I called Worth The Weight their only weak album I probably should have said their weakest, Anvil is always Anvil you know. Totally uncompromising Pure Metal...

The Anvil truly has proved that it was FORGED IN FIRE!!!!!

I'm still missing Still Going Strong and Plugged In Permanent so I can't comment on those two. Here's probably my best-worst list:

Metal on Metal
Forged in Fire
Worth the Weight
Hard 'n' Heavy
Plenty of Power
Pound for Pound
Strength of Steel
Absolutely No Alternative
Back To Basics
Speed Of Sound

Nicko McBuff · Post by **Nicko McBuff** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:52 am

Forged In Fire is where it all came together and in my opinion its their best album. Shadow Zone, Never Deceive Me are great songs and my favourite Anvil track Free As The Wind is an underrated metal anthem. Cheap to buy and widely avaliable the way it should be!

OmenOfSteel · Post by **OmenOfSteel** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:07 pm

Fucking true! And not to forget the epic FUTURE WARS and the speed ripper WINGED ASSASSINS. Total KULT one of my alltime faves!

Nightlock · Post by **Nightlock** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:41 am

Free As The Wind is amazing I'll agree but Metal on Metal is a much more consistent album as a whole Stop Me is one of my all time favourite ballads (I'll probably get some disagreements here it's not widely liked) and way better than Never Deceive Me.